Pyrography is the word taken from the Greeks meaning fire and markings - it is the art of decorating a receptive surface with a heated tool. Many different materials, such as leather, gourd, horn, and bone can be used as a working surface for pyrography, but wood is perhaps the most common, so the pyrography is often called "woodburning."
This is a bit of a misnomer, however, since it implies the art form is restricted to wood, which it is not. With specialized tools and the necessary level of skill, the pyrographer can produce pictorial work on any receptive surface as subtle in the use of line and shading as that of any other monochrome art form.
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